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Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 8, 1990Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 1990, 8:26 PM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 1990, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 1990, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1495 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 090128
FFWSHV
ARC061-081-133-090530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
826 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY...LITTLE RIVER COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
WAS OCCURRING NEAR HORATIO AND ASHDOWN. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITIES AND IN COVERAGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED SUNDAY NIGHT CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES AND
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY AGAIN EFFECT ROADS IN THE
AREA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID TRAVELING TONIGHT.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AN^D FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION TO TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
515 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 508 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PROUDUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL..OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR STAMPS
AND CANFIELD ARKANSAS..JUST WEST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA..AND NEAR
ELYSIAN FIELDS..REKLAW..AND WEST OF DEKALB TEXAS.  THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS PROUDUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS..FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND GUSTY WINDS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
DURING THE NIGHT AND ALSO TUESDAY.

DURING THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PROUDUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM NEAR 2 TO AS HIGH
AS TEN INCHES OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.  IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OCCUR OVER
THIS REGION DURING THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY..FLASH FLOODING IS
A POSSIBILITY.  PERSONS OVER THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
PROLONG MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND OR PROTECT PROPERTY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING
OCCURS. THE SOILS HAVE BEEN SATURATED WITH SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS
REMAINED AT HIGH LEVELS DUE TO EXCESS WATER RUNOFF.

RAINFALL REPORTED FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 800 AM CST.
NORTH LOUISIANA:
 BASTROP        0.16   RED RIVER EXP.  0.71   KORAN           0.25
 KEITHVILLE     0.17   LK. PROVIDENCE  0.78   RUSTON          0.01
 MARION         0.06   NLU MONROE      0.80   TALLULAH        0.08
 BARKSDALE AFB  0.48   MONROE AIRPORT  0.07    MADISON PARK   0.02

NORTHEAST TEXAS:
 ATLANTA        0.06   DEKLAB          2.28   MAUD            1.14
 TEXARKANA      1.17   WRIGHT PATMAN   0.30

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS:
 MILLWOOD DAM   0.06   ATHENS          5.16   ASHDOWN         2.82
 CALION LOCK    0.40   DIERKS RESER.   5.98   DEQUEEN LAKE    5.09
 DEQUEEN        4.90   DIERKS          7.80   FOREMAN         2.83
 FULTON         2.00   GILLIAM RESER.  5.98   GLENWOOD        4.34
 HOPE           2.48   HORATIO        10.98   LANGLEY         4.94
 MAGNOLIA       0.40   NEWHOPE 6S      6.88   NASHVILLE       7.01
 TEXARKANA APT  1.28   ELDORADO        0.24   WILTON          4.18
 LOCKSBURG      6.43

SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA:
 ANTLER TOWER   3.28   CARNASAW        3.38   SMITHVILLE      6.60
 VALLIANT       3.60   BROKEN BOW TWR  3.51   BATTIEST        1.95
 CARTER TWR.    2.12   FLAGPOLE        1.10   JADIE TOWER     5.80
 HEE MOUNTAIN   2.56   SOBOL TOWER     5.27   TOM MOUNTAIN    4.15
 BEAR MOUNTAIN  2.44   BROKEN BOW DAM  3.09   PINE CREEK DAM  1.37
 HUGO           2.19   IDABEL          3.17   GLOVER          3.09
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-090130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
650 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 645 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG THUDER-
STORMS IN NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR KILGORE TEXAS AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GILMER TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE WITHIN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM MOUNT ENTERPRISE TEXAS TO QUITMAN. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR NEW BOSTON AND AVERY TEXAS AS WELL AS NEAR
NACOGDOCHES AND CROCKETT. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CANFIELD
AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING )AND THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND IN COVERAGE
OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS CAUSING FLOOD PRODUCING
RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 8:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-090200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
800 PM CDT MON OCT 8 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LITTLE RIVER
AND SEVIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 755 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED STRONG THUDER-
STORMS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST OKLHAHOMA-SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BORDER NEAR DEQUEEN
AND HORATIO ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS.

THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDIONAL FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. THIS AREA IS BEING
MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN INCREASE ;IN INTENSITY AND IN COVERAGE
OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS CAUSING FLOOD PRODUCING
RAINFALL.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.